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FALLBROOK, CA -- Med-Fit Systems will honor the warranties of
previously sold Nautilus Inc. commercial equipment and will roll out at
least four new products this year, according to Dean Sbragia, CEO of
Med-Fit Systems, Fallbrook, CA.
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CHICAGO -- A husband-and-wife team of fitness trainers is
suing Oprah Winfrey’s company, Harpo Inc., for breach of
contract.
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WICHITA, KS -- Genesis Health Clubs recently opened its
seventh club in the state of Kansas and its first in Emporia,
KS.
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SILVER SPRING, MD -- Fitness equipment manufacturers and
sports celebrities, such as football great Herschel Walker, will be
among those in attendance at the Sporting Goods Manufacturers
Association (SGMA) 11th annual National Health Through Fitness Day on
March 10 in Washington DC.
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HOLLY HILL, FL -- City commissioners in Holly Hill, FL,
recently voted to eliminate the $400,000 per year municipal recreation
department and contract management of its rec center to the Volusia
Flagler Family YMCA.
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ANNAPOLIS, MD -- Once ownership of the Brigade Sports
Complex, Annapolis, MD, is transferred to the Naval Academy on March 31,
civilian community members who paid dues at the complex will likely lose
access to its fitness center and indoor tennis courts.
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MADISON, WI -- Rec center administrators at the University of
Wisconsin–Madison (UW) are hoping to take advantage of the down
economy to expand one of its student recreation centers and will ask
students to vote for a fee increase to fund the project on April
12.
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Club Industry 2010 is accepting
speaking proposals for its conference program, to take place Oct.
6-8, 2010, at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. If you
have spoken in the past at a Club Industry event, you will need your
password/ecode to sign in to input a proposal. If you have never
submitted or spoken at a Club Industry event, please create a
password/ecode to sign in. If you need your password/ecode or wish to
submit your proposal via e-mail, please e-mail Cristina Cotto at cristina.cotto@penton.com.
Deadline for submission is March 19.
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Life Time
Fitness, Chanhassen, MN, will once again attempt to set a Guinness
World Record for the largest static cycling class on Sunday, March 7,
during the Ride of a
Lifetime at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Life Time CEO Bahram
Akradi and several of Life Time’s top Twin Cities cycle instructors
will lead the class. A portion of the event’s proceeds will benefit
recovery efforts in Haiti. Life Time set the record on Jan. 9 in Houston
with 600 participants.
Miramont Lifestyle
Fitness, Fort Collins, CO, will expand on May 1 into a development
called Centerra in Loveland, CO, with the opening of its fourth
location, according to the Fort Collins Coloradoan. Yoga, group
exercise, cardio, free weights, massage and personal training will be
some of the features in the 11,000-square-foot club. “This is a new
direction for us,” Miramont owner Cliff Buchholz says. “We’ll be
entering the corporate fitness business.”
The William
Shore Memorial Pool District’s plan to outsource management of the
Port Angeles, WA, public pool fell through. The Clallam County Family YMCA board,
which was negotiating a contract to manage the public pool, voted to
withdraw its offer. The move came a day after members of the park
district commission’s advisory committee and several pool users
protested the proposed contract at a public meeting. Pool users said
they were worried that the YMCA would make a profit off of the proposed
$363,552 per year contract, which commissioners say would only cover the
expenses of running the pool. They also questioned the objectivity of a
commissioner who also sits on the YMCA board.
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Motionsoft Inc.,
Silver Spring, MD, recently appointed two new executives. Dennis Holcom
was named vice president of sales, and Nikki Layke was appointed
regional sales director. Holcom is based in Wichita, KS, and Layke is
based near Cocoa Beach, FL. “With our additional financial offerings
like billing and collections, we need individuals who understand the
complexities involved in our whole range of services,” Al Noshirvani,
CEO of Motionsoft, said in a statement. “Both Dennis and Nikki have
unique perspectives given their previous experience with ABC Financial
and bring a customer-first focus that is so important for
Motionsoft.”
The American Council on
Exercise (ACE) and the IDEA Health
and Fitness Association announced that IDEA will develop a
co-branded version of the IDEA Fitness Journal that will be sent
to ACE-certified professionals beginning with the July/August 2010
issue. The initiative brings ACE professionals access to the latest
industry news and expertise on a variety of fitness and wellness topics
as well as expanded benefits for continuing education courses in every
issue. This also will increase the IDEA Fitness Journal’s
circulation to 70,000.
Iron Grip Barbell Co., Santa
Ana, CA, recently outfitted the set of the TV show “Sport Science”
with its urethane Olympic weight plates, urethane dumbbells and Olympic
bars. “Sport Science” brings popular professional athletes together
with cutting-edge technology in scientific facilities to test the limits
of human athletic abilities while challenging popular assumptions about
athletes and sports.
Curtis Mock, entrepreneur and author, recently launched Fitness Business Television, a weekly
Web-based TV show for health club owners, gym owners and studio owners.
The mission of Fitness Business Television is to help fitness
entrepreneurs run a more profitable fitness business, while enabling
them to have a little fun along the way. A new episode of Fitness
Business Television goes live on the site every Wednesday.
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The recent Delta Airlines in-flight magazine features an
article about Anytime Fitness. In the article, Chuck Runyon and Dave
Mortensen are mentioned as the company’s co-founders. But there is no
mention of Jeff Klinger, the other co-founder of Anytime
Fitness.
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Many perspectives about Tiger Woods have been written in
recent days, but how many of them have been authored by a Vinyasa yoga
teacher?
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This comes from the department of “Why Didn’t I Think of
That?” A law student in New York is attempting to regularly work out
at as many fitness clubs as she can in 2010 without spending a
dime.
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